Course Catalogue Summer Semester 2026
Dramarama 6!
Live/Art Seminar
Type:
Specialist seminar
Semester:
SoSe26
Target group
Main course / Diploma 2
Sprache:
English
Requirement
Only open to Diplom 1 Hauptstudium and Diplom 2 students.
Please register an expression of interest by sending an email with a short description of your work, practice, interests and experience in performance/acting/theatre/live art by April 1st 2026 to Phil.Collins@khm.de
Thursdays 16h -18h (with at times rehearsals from 14h in Live Art Space)
The working language of the seminar is english.
Dates - place & time
| Typ | Start | End | Day | Turnus | from-to | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04.26 | 09.07.26 | Thursday | Wöchentlich | 16:00 - 18:00 | Filzengraben 2a / Live Art Space |
| Typ | |
| Start | 16.04.26 |
| End | 09.07.26 |
| Day | Thursday |
| Turnus | Wöchentlich |
| from-to | 16:00 - 18:00 |
| Location | Filzengraben 2a / Live Art Space |
Seminar description
Summer semester 2026 sees the Live/Art seminar continue collectively reading and interrogating dramatic texts together as a way of reflecting on contemporary themes and historical theatrical traditions. Over the course of the semeser we will also explore work in the public sphere, experimental directorial and performative exercises using scenes and excerpts to illustrate interpretative approaches and look at the role of the camera in live work, and the influence of pop culture in performative settings.
In Dramarama we will be looking at significant texts and excerpts from plays written by Travis Alabanza, ntozake shange, Caryl Churchill, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ella Hickson and Henrik Ibsen.
Field Trips and Excursions There will be weekly trips to exhibitions and live performances (performance, dance, theatre, exhibitions, concerts).
Reading List
Travis Alabanza – Burgerz
ntozake shange – for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Caryl Churchill – Collected Plays
Federico Garcia Lorca – The House of Bernada Alba, Blood Wedding
Henrik Ibsen – A Doll’s House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler
Student office
Karin Cordes
Juliane Schwibbert
Claudia Warnecke
Heumarkt 14, 50667 Köln
+49 221 20189 - 194 /119 / 187 / 249
studoffice@khm.de
Opening hours: Mondays + Tuesdays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. + Thursdays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
For enquiries or appointments, please call us, Mon - Thu 9.30 to 1 p.m., or send us an e-mail.
Winter semester 2025/26
Lecture period:
20.10.2025 until 13.02. 2026
Summer semester 2026
Lecture period:
13.04.2026 until 24.07.2026
Winter semester 2026/27
Lecture period:
12.10.2026 until 05.02.2027
Winter break:
21.12.2026 until 01.01.2027
